Don't monkey around with this lottery winner

A man wearing a monkey mask receiving his cheque of around 110 million yuan (S$24 million) yesterday at a lottery centre in Kunming, Yunnan, in south-west China. The winner of Yunnan's biggest lottery is said to be a middle-aged man who paid only 20 yuan for the winning ticket.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 24, 2015, with the headline 'Don't monkey around with this lottery winner'. Print Edition | Subscribe

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